League of Women Voters’ Civics Bee set for March 8

Friday

Feb 7, 2020 at 12:22 PM

The 12th annual League of Women Voters’ Civics Bee will take place at 2 p.m. March 8 at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln Road, Sudbury.

Teams from Sudbury, Wayland, Weston and Concord-Carlisle will vie for the Civics Bee trophy. The Civics Bee is sponsored by the Leagues in those towns. Concord-Carlisle joined the Civics Bee in 2019 and won in their first outing.

The Bee is free, and the public is encouraged to come and cheer for their town team.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, the special theme section of this year’s Bee is the women’s suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment. The main focus of the Civics Bee remains to challenge the teams’ overall knowledge of federal, state and local government, with questions in all of those categories.

The Bee format that was revised last year features representatives of all four teams on stage at the same time to answer the same questions.

State Sen. Rebecca Rausch, D-Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex, will be the moderator, and Tom Gennis will be the judge.

The Civics Bee teams are composed of six middle school students, six high school students and three adults from each town. The leagues are currently seeking volunteers for the teams. If interested, contact the League of Women Voters in the town.

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization which encourages informed and active participation in government and works to increase understanding of major public policy issues.